EPISODE · Sep 29, 2024 · 17 MIN
How To LOVE the HARD Stuff
from Business is Good with Chris Cooper
why you want the hard timesDave tate: business is a battle of attritionwhat determines who lasts and who doesn't? the hard stuffnobody wanted covid lockdowns, but when they reopened there was far less competitionTadej Pogacar - I want the steepest, hardest climbs becuase they're the separatorwhen you ahve stafff quit - so do theywhen your rent goes up - so does theirsmaybe not the same day, but over the 3-year span, everything that happens to you will happen to your competitionThey might not survive itYou also don't have to create hardship by attacking them or running them down. They have enough. eVen if they don't show it, they're facing the same stuff you are. and many won't survivealso, you need the repsyou want to practice the hard stuff when the stakes are lowthere are reasons things tget hard. one is they're new. one is they're personal. one is the stakes are high.Break them apart. If the hardship you're going through is because you've never faced that problem before, get a mentor. Don't take advice from someone else who's never done it before.If it's hard because it's personal, get an objective perspective. don't ask your mom or your bff or your husband. ask a mentor.if it's hard because the stakes are high, you might need a different kind of mentor to help with perspective, but you still need a mentorAfter the trouble is over, you have two jobs:one - never repeat ittwo - learn what you can from it. You've heard the term 'if I win, I win, if I lose, I learn' - or some variation. But most people don't actually learn becaues they don't pick apart the elsson. They keep repeating the same mistakes. so here's how you do an AARConnect with Chris Cooper:Website - https://businessisgood.com/
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